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Definitions for Vignetting

[1] a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
[2] an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border.
[3] a decorative design representing branches, leaves, grapes, or the like, as in a manuscript.
[4] any small, pleasing picture or view.
[5] a small, graceful literary sketch.
[6] Photography . to finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.
[7] the technique of producing a photographic vignette, esp a portrait, by progressively reducing the amount of light falling on the photographic surface towards the edges
[8] the reduction in area of a light beam passing through a camera lens as the obliquity of the beam is increased
[9] a small illustration placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter
[10] a short graceful literary essay or sketch
[11] a photograph, drawing, etc, with edges that are shaded off
[12] architect a carved ornamentation that has a design based upon tendrils, leaves, etc
[13] any small endearing scene, view, picture, etc
[14] to finish (a photograph, picture, etc) with a fading border in the form of a vignette
[15] to decorate with vignettes to portray in or as in a vignette

Words nearby Vignetting

vignettevigilante, vigilantism, vigilius, vigintillion, vigneron, vignette, vignetter, vignetting, vignola, vigny, vigo

Origin of Vignetting

e1745–55; < French: literally, little vine (see vine, -ette); so called from vinelike decorations in early books

Other words from Vignetting

vi·gnet·tist , noun

Word origin for Vignetting

eC18: from French, literally: little vine, from vigne vine ; with reference to the vine motif frequently used in embellishments to a text